Water-closet seat.



No. 867,987. PATENTED 0011.". 15, 1907. J. A. LUND.

WATER CLOSET SEAT.

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jmylinvention. Fig'iiZ 'tional View taken on line? 20f Fig. 'l, sl-ion'ing them-annest Lennon Mus EI QN No. 867,987. Speciiicstien 0 Tn all 'u-Imm itfirrmg For term.-

h it known thatI; JM'on .A. Tamm -a-mtizen-oithc lfniled Slides. residing'nli-l\lusl gon, in tho'enunty 0i M uskegon and Htate'ol"l\liehiga-n. have invented('erlain new and useful-Lulllrovemenls'in Vl'ater-Closet seatsi nlnhieh the lollqn'ine' is aspet-ilietltinn.

Thisinventionr l-ates to;iinproY-nnients in seatsfor water (lost-twand Qnsisls .in rem-tin pernliarities of lstruel ion; novel arrangement;and i'iperation oi ts pa-rts [heron-j}; ill be herein-alter more t forth and speei-iie ('la'inierl. \t's oi vwater (lose t are eonstanl ly' ltit'ititiilfllt elose. proximity 'to the y'at'er eon- I asouol' this Ia'et are inhle. unless prnperly enl strudtedttu warp, (rack orsp-lil or when made up; in seetiens, to .rarl at their joints, besides, wlienaseitt is hinged, as is uitenthe ruse, it is subject [ogre-at, strainthroughout its entirety, and especially attire joints f the seetions eoniposirig it. by renson oi the jz u',.r.esu-ltiug from it lining earelessly thrown up-and down this, together with the effects oi the moisture and dampness to which the seats are. exposed, soon render them use-less m requires frequent,

It is. therefore the objeet of my invention to prox 'ide a. seat ior water Closets. whit-h shall be simple and inexpensive in t-onstruetion, strong. durable, effective in operation, and so nade that the joints between the set-lions eonipnsing the saute-Will he proof against? separation by reason of dampness or moisture and otherwise, unless eonsiderahle force is applied to separate them. and alsoTs-o that the seat will not bet-nine warped orernt'ked. I

' Other objerls and advantages of the iu\eution will he disr-losed in llu' subjoined deseription and explanamy invention pertains, tdnmke and use the same, I

will now prneeed to am 'ibe it' referring to the areompanying drawing. in ivhieh v Figu l is a top plan \"lCW of a eloset sea-t embodying is an enlarged frag nental seener'oijoining theseetiunsoi the seat tog (alter ---and- Fig. 3:) a see iial' 'iew taken on line 3,3 of Fig. l.

liike ntunerals of rel'erenee, refer to (Torrespending;- parts throughoin'the diiie'rent; views of the drawing. The re'liren ce numeral 5 designates the erunplete seat. whieh is composed oi a number of sections 6, usuall tour in number, although inure or less may he employed. i As sh0wn in Fig. l of the drawing, the grain f Letters-Patent i I J Application filed'llov'smber 12,1906fSrial Nu 3l48io25i- "eaeh seetion or piece MICHiGAii. 1

(tion s ti extendslon gi nd sairbs'eetioi f l arly at their (min; s0 min when they are jpine ogetli'er the grainof the weed of ear-h section Will OX LOZiIlC Qt about a right" augleflto the grain of the weed of tl1e adjaeent seetion. lh'e ends'ni theseetions (l are'provided with lmy-shaped dove-tailed tongues and grleovss to 's'eeurely join them togt'etlieizandthe' tongues: 7, which :are htpered inwardly as shown in Fig. 3; are pie fera'bly Inhaled on the end sections 6 of these-at, while the. dove- .ire

tailed grooves 8. -\vliiel1'a.re alsn tapered inwardb tongues may be 1r' eated 'on the ends ol'th e sidseetions while-the grooves in ay'be formed in the 'ends eithe'e'i'id seet ions, without departing ireu the spi 'of thei'nvenlion. in; making the tongues 7 key'oi w lge-shaped, as shown.- .and forming the'gruoves S correspondingly, and locating them with their enlarged portions ontwardly, it is a- 'iparent that; when the sections are adjusted or placed in their" proper positions, as shown in Fig. -.l of the drawing. they will be firmly and securely held against displaeen-n-nt. unless considerable force is used, and that as the ends (if-the. seetiens nhut'against eaeh other, thus forming close joints. in 'whieh glne'or cement may he applied, the sap-pores will be closed, thereby preventing moisture from (altering thent or being absorbed by the wooden sections, whi'cliwill avoid vt'arpin and (rm-king, or splitting oi the seat.

In assembling the sections to form the seat, two of the sections, for instance the side sections, are placed at a suflicient distanee apart so that the inner ends oi the tongues on the end pieees may be iuserted'in' the outer ends of the. grooves ol' the side pier-es, when bypressing the 'end pieces inwardly and moving the side pieces outwardly, it is apparent that the sections may be adjusted to the proper positions to form the seat, with the opening in its renter.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I -a 4eun-nt' with eat-l1 other. the said toug'ues'aud gro ves directed inbeing so located that their tapered ends will he wurllly with res-pert to the seat.

2. [n :i (lllh'lr seal. the eomhiualion with two side segmental st'rtions, ot' lwo end set-liens, each of said seetious having. its ends llllltl' tl or formed angularhr. the (IHlS oL ezleh of the end set-lions being prnvided integrally with key or wedge-shaped dove-tailed tongues and the ends of each d! the side sections being provided with key or wedgeshuped dove-tailed grooves to reeeive-suid tongues.

3. A closet seat, consisting of four segmental sections each having its ends mitered 01' formed angni-ariy, two-of Said sections located opposite each other and each having in its mitered ends a wedge shaped dove-tailed groove, the other two of said sections located opposite each other be tween the ends of the first-named sections and having on 'eech of their ends an integral wedge shaped dove-tailed tongue to engage the grooves on the uthvr sucti'mis. llw H) said tongues and grooves lwiug HO luuni'fld that their l2lpored ends wili be directed inwardly with respect in llli! seat.

JACOB A. LUN] i.

Witnesses 2 ALBERT E. BI-IAMER, I nnnmc L. HOENES. 

